Germany’s eurosceptic party has accused Angela Merkel, the Chancellor, of
trying to scuttle their potential alliance with the British Conservative
party.

Bernd Lucke, the head of Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) — which backs David
Cameron’s agenda for loosening the powers of the EU and wants to team up
with the Tories in Brussels — is calling on Mr Cameron to resist Mrs
Merkel’s pressure to sideline the party.

Mr Lucke’s seven MEPs have been in “friendly” talks on joining Conservative
MEPs in a European Parliament group, along with Polish and Czech
eurosceptics, but Mrs Merkel is keen not to give the upstart